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Switch off : the clergy guide to preserving energy and passion for ministry / Heather Bradley and Miriam Bamberger Grogan ; foreword by Steve Cokie Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradley, Heather, author.
- Grogan, Miriam Bamberger, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pastoral theology.
- Clergy--Psychology.
- Clergy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (78 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tennessee : Abingdon Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- You can only preserve your passion and energy for ministry by learning to use your Off switch!.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword: Controlling the Chaos
- Preface
- Introduction
- A Few Notes About This Book
- How to Get the Most from This Book
- Part I
- What Is the Off Switch?
- The Challenge
- The Solution: The Off Switch
- The Off-Switch Questions
- Question #1: Where Am I Taking on Stuff That Isn't Mine?
- What It Takes to Support a Congregation
- Key Roles
- Common Challenges When Working with Roles
- Tool #1: Your Role Analysis
- Question #2: How Much Is Enough?
- How Do I Make Peace with Feeling That Whatever I Do Isn't Enough?
- The Three Levels of Reality
- The Three Levels in Congregational Life
- Initiate Dialogue
- Tool #2: Your Reality Check
- Question #3: What Do I Need to Say Yes To? Say No To?
- Tool #3: Your Boundary Analysis
- Are You Focusing on What You Can Control?
- Tool #4: Your Control Analysis
- Your Personal Plan
- Tool #5: Your Personal Action Plan for Finding and Using Your Off Switch
- SMART Goals
- Part II
- The Off-Switch Retreat
- Part III
- Your Personal Action Plan
- Tool #5: Your Personal Action Plan
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 9, 2016).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5018-1047-2
- OCLC:
- 953968635
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